Paramahamsa Nithyananda, a renowned spiritual master of the modern age, was born in the famous spiritual town of Thiruvannamalai in the Southern part of India, which has been home for several enlightened masters like Ramana Maharshi and Yogi Ram Surat Kumar.

Swamiji, as his disciples and devotees lovingly call him, was drawn to spirituality from a very young age. It all started with sitting on his grandfather’s shoulders and hearing him tell many inspiring mythological stories everyday while they visited and went around the famous Arunachaleshwara temple, the spiritual hub of Thiruvannamalai. As a young 3 year old boy, he would be seen spending most of his time playing with idols, talking to them, decorating them and feeding them, as if they were living beings, which to him they were. During his childhood years he spent a lot of time, with wandering mendicants and saints who visited his hometown, observing and learning from them. An inspiring account of Swamiji’s childhood years can be read in his biography “Nithyananda Vol.1”

Through intense meditation practices and in-depth study of Yoga, Tantra, Vedanta, and Shaiva philosophies, Swamiji attained the ultimate state of consciousness, the State of Nithyananda (Eternal Bliss) at the age of 22. Having received the ultimate gift, Swamiji felt the intense need to share this precious gift with humanity. Thus was born Dhyanapeetam in the east and Life Bliss Foundation in the west. The mission  - The advent of Paramahamsa Nithyananda on planet earth is to create a new cycle of individual consciousness causing Collective Consciousness to enter into the Super  Conscious zone. To achieve this, Nithyananda Mission aims to initiate 100 million people into the unique meditation Nithya Dhyaan and one hundred thousand people to 'live enlightenment'.

Swamiji’s passion for temples and idols, which started at age 3, took the form of Vedic Temple after enlightenment, a sacred space where one can commune with existence through the beautiful Gods and Goddesses who reside there. In the ashram in Bidadi in Bangalore, India one will find many idols and worship items made by Swamiji with his own hands during his childhood. Today, most of the deities in the Vedic temples have been carved from molds that have been personally designed by Swamiji. His passion for creating these ancient temple art forms took the form of Nithyananda Sacred Arts  which aims to propagate and preserve this fading art form by producing awe inspiring sculptures and art work. 

A multi-dimensional enlightened master Swamiji provides different techniques to his devotees and disciples, depending on their constitution, to raise themselves and connect with their higher self.  Worship is one of them. Energized by an enlightened master, the deities in the Vedic Temples provide a peaceful and  sacred space where one can easily fall into meditation and commune with the divine within themselves.